The only lane Grant wants his team to go down is the one between the free-throw line and the basket.

The Crimson Tide (7-1) is coming off its first loss of the season, a 57-55 loss to a Georgetown team that made its season debut in the AP poll this week at No. 18.

"We struggled vs. Georgetown's zone in terms of how we attacked it," Grant said. "We're just working on attacking zones better. ... I would anticipate we've got to be ready for teams to play a zone."

So Alabama has been working on its outside shooting? The Tide sank only 3 of 16 perimeter shots against the Hoyas.

"The fallacy there is people think to beat a zone, you've got to shoot the ball from the perimeter," Grant said. "I disagree with that. There's a lot of different ways, but no matter what you're doing, the ball has to work inside to out, whether it's man or zone."

Sophomore Trevor Releford agrees that attacking gaps with penetration is the key.

"That brings everybody in," he said. "Then you kick it out for outside shots."

From outside the arc, Alabama has made only 27 percent of its shots (31-115). From inside the arc, it has made 50.6 percent of its field-goal attempts (161-318).

"We're taking good shots. They're just not falling," said senior forward JaMychal Green, who shares the team lead with 15.1 points per game. "Our freshmen are working every day after practice. They're going to start falling."

Dayton (5-3) is coming off losses to Buffalo and Murray State, but the Flyers won the Old Spice Classic in Orlando, Fla., with victories over Wake Forest, Fairfield and Minnesota.